Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Obama Assails Trump For Attacks On Mail-In Voting. By Marina Fang / HuffPost
Stacey Abrams could have as much impact on 2020 as Kamala Harris. By Liette Gidlow / Wash Post
How Kanye West Became a Political Pawn. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
Reports Reveal Federal Agency’s Surveillance of BLM Protests. By Zack Linly / The Root
Don’t use Asians to maintain white privilege, critics say after DOJ letter to Yale. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Sen. Mitch McConnell photo with Confederate flag lives on. By Morgan Watkins / USA Today
Black women are promoted at far lower rates than White men, report finds. By Chabeli Carrazana / 19th News
The World of Slavery, Kidnapping, and the Slave Trade. By Derek Litvak / AAIHS
Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics. By Robert Greene II / The Nation
Fear of a Black Uprising. Confronting the white pathologies that shape racist policing. By Kimberle’ Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Michelle Obama’s Unmatched Call to Action at the Democratic National Convention. By Doreen St. Felix / The New Yorker
Isabel Wilkerson knows that effective discussions about race require new language. That’s where ‘Caste’ comes in. By Bilal Qureshi / Wash Post
We have never seen a nominee like Kamala Harris before. By Julia Craven / Slate
Every ‘Squad’ Member Won Her Primary. By Daniel Marans / HuffPost
New Research Highlights Gaps In How Black And White Voters Approach Vote By Mail. By Tierney Sneed / TPM
The Senate Is America’s Most Structurally Racist Institution. By Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine
In the Wake of Protests. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Nation’s wealthiest Black man says corporate America should consider slavery reparations. By Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News
The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition.’ By E. James West / AAIHS
Meet the Brave but Overlooked Women of Color Who Fought for the Vote. By Veronica Chambers, Jennifer Schuessler, Amisha Padnani, Jennifer Harlan, Sandra E. Garcia and Vivian Wang / NYT
Racism’s Hidden Toll. In America, how long you live depends on the color of your skin. By Gus Wezerk / NYT
40 Confederate symbols have been removed since the death of George Floyd, SPLC says. By Christina Walker / CNN
Bill Cosby’s sex-crimes appeal attacks trial as ‘fundamentally unfair.’ By MaryClaire Dale / Associated Press
Strange Fruit’: The Timely Return of an Anti-Lynching Protest Song. By David Browne / Rolling Stone
100 Years Ago, ‘Crazy Blues’ Sparked a Revolution for Black Women Fans. By Daphne A. Brooks / NYT
Bob Ryland loved tennis until the very end. By Jerry Bembry / The Undefeated
